In the G.O. 2nd read above, orders were issued
laying down terms of reference of the Pay Revision Commission, which include
matters relating to pension.In the
G.O. 3rd read above orders were issued appointing the Pay Revision
Commissioner.Pending receipt of the
recommendations of the Pay Revision Commission, Government hereby sanction an
Interim Relief at the rate of 8.5% (eight and half percent) on pension
with effect from 1.3.2005 payable from 1.4.2005 to the Pensioners/
Family Pensioners, subject to the following conditions:

1. Interim Relief shall be shown
as a separate element.No Dearness
Relief on this element will be admissible.Interim Relief involving a fraction of rupee will be rounded off to the
next higher rupee.

2. The Interim Relief sanctioned shall be fully
adjusted against and included in the package, which may become admissible to
the pensioner/ family pensioner as a result of Government decision on the final
report of the Pay Revision Commissioner.

3. The Interim Relief shall be
payable from the month of March 2005, (payable on 1.4.2005).

2.The
Interim Relief ordered above shall apply to:

(a)(i) those who retired from service after
1.7.1998 drawing pay in the Revised

Pay Scales, 1999;

(ii) those who retired prior to 1.7.1998 and whose
pension was consolidated in the light of orders issued in the G.O. first read
above; and

(b) Jagir and Estate
Pensioners and

(c) Pensioners governed by A.P. Revised Pension Rules, 1980.

(P.T.O)

3.These orders are not applicable to:

(i) The pensioners who retired while drawing UGC /AICTE and
ICAR

Scales.

(ii)Financial assistance
grantees who are not getting Dearness Relief.

(iii)Pensioners/
Family Pensioners of the members of the A.P. State

Higher Judicial Service and A.P. State Judicial Service.

4.The term pension for the purpose of
calculation of above Interim Relief:

(i) Pension/ Family Pension in
case of pre 1.7.1998 retirees and where family pension was sanctioned prior to
1.7.1998 means the consolidated pension or consolidated family pension in terms
of G.O 1st read above.

(ii) In the case of pensioners
who retire from service on or after 1.7.1998 or where family pension is
sanctioned for the first time on or after 1.7.1998 Pension/ Family Pension
means the basic pension/ basic family pension as the case may be

5.In case of pensioners in receipt of
more than one pension, the Interim Relief will be calculated on the total of
pensions taken together.

6.If any pensioner is re-employed/
employed under the State or Central Government or any Public Enterprise or
Autonomous Body under the control of State or Central Government, he/ she will
not be eligible to draw Interim Relief on Pension/ Family Pension during the
period of such re-employment/ employment.

7.All the Treasury Officers/ Pension
Payment Officers shall work out and make payments of Interim Relief on pension
sanctioned in this order without waiting for further authorization/
instructions from the Accountant General (A&E), A.P., Hyderabad in terms of
the orders issued in G.O. (P) No.270, Finance & Planning (FW: PSC.I)
Department, dated 7.10.1986.

8.The expenditure is allocable
among the various States in accordance with provisions of Rule 24 of the
incidence of pension rules in Appendix – III-B of the Andhra Pradesh Accounts
Code, Volume-I

9.The expenditure on account of Interim
Relief sanctioned in para 1 above shall be debited to the Pension Fund of the
Zilla Parishads in so far as the Non-teaching, Non-Government Pensioners of
Panchayat Raj Institutions are concerned and the Pension Funds of the
respective Municipal Councils in so far as the Non-Teaching, Non-Government
Pensioners of Municipalities are concerned, and the relevant Head of Account of
Government in so far as the teachers are concerned.

10.The
G.O. is available on Internet and can be accessed at the address
http://www.aponline.gov.in/